Where does “ຖ່ານໄຟ” come from?

ຖ່ານໄຟ (Lao) comes from Lao ໄຟ, from Proto-Tai wɤjᴬ — fire.

ຖ່ານໄຟ (Lao): ember, charcoal; battery

Definitions

  1. ember, charcoal; battery

Ancestry of “ຖ່ານໄຟ”, step by step

ຖ່ານໄຟ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Lao ໄຟ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoໄຟfire
2Proto-Taiwɤjᴬfire

via Lao ຖ່ານ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Laoຖ່ານcharcoal
2Middle Chinese炭—
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